Doug Unplugs

Doug Unplugs is an American children's computer-animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation for Apple TV+. The series is based on the Doug Unplugged children's book series by Dan Yaccarino.^[1] The first seven episodes of season one were released on November 13, 2020, with the next six episodes released on April 2, 2021.^[2][3] The second season premiered on September 17, 2021.^[4]

Doug Unplugs
Genre	Children's animation adventure
Based on	Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino
Developed by	Jim Nolan
Voices of	Brandon James Cienfuegos Kyrie McAlpin Eric Bauza Mae Whitman Leslie David Baker Burl Moseley Becky Robinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Aliki Theofilopoulos Dan Yaccarino Jim Nolan
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Television
Original release
Network	Apple TV+
Release	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) – April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)

Premise

Doug Unplugs follows a little boy named Doug, who is a robot, and his 9-year-old human friend, Emma, as they experience and learn how the world works.

Cast and characters

• Brandon James Cienfuegos as Doug
• Kyrie McAlpin as Emma Pine
• Eric Bauza as Bob Bot
• Mae Whitman as Becky Bot
• Leslie David Baker as Uncle Forknick
• Burl Moseley as Laurence Pine
• Becky Robinson as Jenny Droneberg

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
2	13[5]		September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)[5]

Season 1 (2020–21)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [6]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Whole Bot of Fun"	Ruolin Li	Jim Nolan & Dan Yaccarino	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"Volunteer Bot"	Murray Debus	Michael Rhea
2	2	"Bot on the Beach"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Jim Nolan & Michael Rhea	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"Bot of the Party"
3	3	"Vacation Bots"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Sarah Nerboso & Mia Resella	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"Bots of the Forest"
4	4	"A Bot's Best Friend"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Sarah Eisenberg & Michael Rhea	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"A Bot in His Natural Habitat"
5	5	"Shop 'Til Ya Bot"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Sarah Nerboso & Michael Rhea	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"Adventure Bots"
6	6	"Bot on the Farm"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Jim Nolan & Michael Rhea	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"Bot-Cycle Built for Two"
7	7	"Bots for Dinner"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D'Elia, Tom Martin & Michael Rhea	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
		"It’s the Bot That Counts"
8	8	"Bots at the Museum"	Andrew Thom	Michael Rhea	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"X Marks the Bot"	Ruolin Li	Noelle Wright
9	9	"Kicking and Botting"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D’ Elia	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"Bot on the Case"		Noelle Wright
10	10	"Camper Bots"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D’ Elia	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"Bots to Read"		Noelle Wright
11	11	"Like Botter, Like Son"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D’ Elia	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"Give It a Bot"		Mia Resella
12	12	"Stop, Bot & Boogie"	Michael Goguen	Laura Bowes & Jeff D’ Elia	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"Bots in Show"		Jordan Geroshowitz
13	13	"Where No Bot Has Gone Before!"	Michael Goguen	Jeff D’ Elia	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
		"A Bot from the Heart"

Season 2 (2021–22)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [6]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
14	1	"Bot to School"	Allan Jacobsen; Ricky Santana, and Michael Goguen	Katie Daniel	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Bots at Play"		Michael Rhea
15	2	"When Life Gives You Bots"	Ruolin Li, Ricky Santana, and Michael Goguen	Michael Rhea	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Bots of the Fall"		Jeff D’ Elia
16	3	"Backstage Bots"	Michael Goguen, Stephen Cooper, & Ruolin Li	Michael Rhea	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Super Bots"		Jeff D’ Elia
17	4	"Band of Bots"	Michael Goguen, Ricky Santana, & Marc Wasik	Laura Bowes	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Abracabot"		Michael Rhea
18	5	"Bots on the Range"	Allan Jacobsen & Michael Goguen	Laura Bowes	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Brushin’ Bots"		Michael Rhea
19	6	"Aquabots"	Michael Goguen; Ruolin Li, and Andy Thom	Michael Rhea	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
		"Botographers"		Scott Gray
20	7	"Botty Holidays"	Michael Goguen; Ricky Santana, & Marc Wasik	Michael Rhea & Noelle Wright	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
21	8	"Carnival Bots"	Michael Goguen; Andy Thom & Allan Jacobsen	Liam Farrel	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Busy Bots"		Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea
22	9	"Bots on the Go"	Michael Goguen; Allan Jacobsen; & Marc Wasik	Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Take a Bot to Work"
23	10	"Hot Bots"	Michael Goguen; Allan Jacobsen; & Ricky Santana	Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Make-Believe Bots"
24	11	"Night at the Bots"	Michael Goguen; Ricky Santana; & Marc Wasik	Laura Bowes; Michael Rhea; & Scott Gray	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Squishy Bots"		Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea
25	12	"Botany Bots"	Michael Goguen; Allan Jacobsen; & Marc Wasik	Liam Farrell; Laura Bowes; & Michael Rhea	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Bugs and Bots"		Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea
26	13	"Bots of Appreciation"	Mark Wasik & Ricky Santana	Laura Bowes & Michael Rhea	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
		"Bot Scouts"		Michael Rhea; Laura Bowes; & Scott Gray

Release

Doug Unplugs was one of the several children's television series that were coming to Apple TV+ in 2020.^[2] The first half of season one was released on November 13, 2020, with the second half released on April 2, 2021.^[1][3] The second season premiered on September 17, 2021.^[4]

Accolades

Kyrie McAlpin was nominated for Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards.^[7]